Hoenn comes back to life, sharper and brighter than your childhood memory of it.

When the community picks on pure gut feeling, Omega Ruby only edges past about a third of all games, and that's on very few votes, so take it with caution. But look closer and one thing jumps out: for the desert island question, the single game you'd take with you, it climbs ahead of more than eight games in ten. The early votes also suggest a real urge to rediscover it, ahead of seven titles in ten. The rest, the attachment, the fun, the feel of the controller, all sits around the middle. And the soundtrack lands fairly low, but on a single vote, so nothing settled there.

It's a remake, and the profile shows it: nostalgia pulls hard, raw comfort of play a little less. Against turn-based RPGs that leave a mark with their world or their writing, Omega Ruby mostly plays the rekindled-childhood card.

So, who's it for? It's for you if you grew up with Pokémon and want to relive Hoenn made prettier, the one you keep close. A lot less so if you want a soundtrack that follows you everywhere or gameplay that floors you.